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yeh i think valve have it all under control. Whats the point of making it work 
on the rc2 if it will not work on the final or the gamers. Im sure valve now 
there is a new version of windows on the way and im sure they are working on it!

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> Subject: Re: [hlds] 
> IE7 and HTTP fast download issue> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:17:11 +1000> > 
> --> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]> It'd be funny if Gabe 
> didn't happen to used to work for Microsoft.> > On 10/23/06, Andrew Simpson 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> > Although, this is the same bug that people 
> have been reporting forever> > since> > IE7 was in Beta and RC stages and 
> nobody took any action on this. Valve> > didn't take it up with Microsoft, 
> Valve didn't write the work-around code> > already, Microsoft didn't fix it.> 
> >> > Everyone dropped the ball, and now there's a rush to patch the hole now> 
> > it's> > actually affecting people out in the wild. Part of the point of the 
> IE7> > beta> > was to ensure that stuff like this didn't happen. I'm glad at 
> least that> > the> > rendering glitches that broke the "Get Steam Now" page 
> and others on the> > Steam website were already fixed.> >> > The moral of 
> this tale is, Valve guys, go grab the latest version of Vista> > you can and 
> install it on a machine, and test your games and Steam on it,> > make sure 
> it's all great. Make Steam games show up in the Vista Game> > Explorer. Make 
> Steam play nice with UAC. Play around with extending Aero> > Glass into the 
> Steam windows so that it looks awesome. Please! Vista is> > going to RTM real 
> soon now, and it may already be too late to get> > Microsoft> > to work any 
> of your feedback into Vista, but it's not too late to make> > Steam> > work 
> fantastic on Vista when it starts being publicly available.> >> > This is all 
> stuff you're going to have to do eventually anyway, but it> > just> > makes 
> sense to get it in the can now ahead of time while it doesn't really> > 
> matter so you don't have to pull people off other things to rush it when> > 
> your average Joe starts installing Vista and starts getting really annoyed> > 
> when Steam inexplicably fails to update any more because UAC is making the> > 
> update fail. Which is especially tricky because you won't be able to push> > 
> out the update which fixes Steam failing to update. You'll have to wait> > 
> until that guy is frustrated enough to hit the Steam website, or start> > 
> complaining to support.> >> > You want to give your customers the best 
> possible experience. Make sure> > Steam works (and works well, you better 
> support the Vista Games explorer> > or> > you're going to look lame) with 
> Vista right out of the box.> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: [EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Dodd> > Sent: 22 
> October 2006 18:48> > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > Subject: Re: [hlds] 
> IE7 and HTTP fast download issue> >> > Facts are wonderful things! Thank you. 
> My apologies to Valve. This is> > definitely a Microsoft induced BUG not a 
> feature change.> >> > On Oct 22, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Alfred Reynolds wrote:> 
> >> > > We are working on a fix for the problem, should have something next> > 
> > week. The bug is that the IE7 COM control now returns corrupt data> > > 
> ocassionally for the document complete event, we are writing code to> > > 
> counter that.> > >> > > - Alfred> > >> > > Father dougal wrote:> > >> --> > 
> >> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]> > >> tut tut 
> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=489017> > >> and> > >> 
> from what i heard its nothing to do with valve its something micro> > >> wank 
> has> > >> changed in IE7 maybe u should join the other hundred people who 
> have> > >> reported this to both microsoft and valve and they keep pointing 
> the> > >> finger> > >> at each other :)> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> On 22/10/06, 
> Matt Albiniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > >>>> > >>> If anyone finds this 
> alleged IE7 fix that's in the steam forums, can> > >>> you please share the 
> link with the rest of us?> > >>>> > >>> On 10/22/06, ShootMe <[EMAIL 
> PROTECTED]> wrote:> > >>>> is it a client-based fix or a server-based fix? 
> (search-function> > >>>> doesn't work in steamboard forums so i didn't find 
> until now)> > >>>>> > >>>> if its a client-based fix you could forget it - 
> and server-admins> > >>>> will have to decide if they would kill their 
> servers with custom> > >>>> maps due removing fast-download or to loose 
> players with IE7.> > >>>>> > >>>> A server-based fix (if possible) is 
> mandatory or a client-based fix> > >>>> which could be provided with a 
> regular steam-update that the user> > >>>> has no manual work to do.> > >>>>> 
> > >>>> IE7 will be installed automatically through auto-update soon on> > 
> >>>> WinXP Clients, so there should be a fix asap.> > >>>>> > >>>> Regards,> 
> > >>>> Thomas> > >>>>> > >>>> Father dougal wrote:> > >>>>> --> > >>>>> [ 
> Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]> > >>>>> u should realy look 
> on steampowered.com forums as there is a fix> > >>>>> for this allready :) 
> and it is a fix as my other pc is running> > >>>>> VISTA and i had to use it 
> ;)> > >>>>>> > >>>>> On 22/10/06, Saint K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > 
> >>>>>> > >>>>>> Bug confermed, we're dealing with the same issue here :(> > 
> >>>>>>> > >>>>>> Saint K.> > >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----> > >>>>>> 
> From: "Roman Hatsiev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > >>>>>> To: 
> <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com>> > >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:56 
> PM> > >>>>>> Subject: [hlds] IE7 and HTTP fast download issue> > >>>>>>> > 
> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> This is something that is haunting IE7 users 
> since first beta> > >>>>>>> releases - if fast downloads are enabled on 
> server sometimes an> > >>>>>>> attempt to download missing file via HTTP just 
> crashes the game.> > >>>>>>> IE7 was released few days ago and now we are 
> receiving> > >>>>>>> increasing> > >>>>>>> number of complains about this 
> issue. The only workaround is to> > >>>>>>> disable fast downloads but it is 
> quite poor solution actually.> > >>>>>>> Dear Valve gurus, any plans to fix 
> this issue?> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Regards,> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Roman> > 
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